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Cooler Master Notepal U Stand Review

Testing:

I tested the Cooler Master NotePal U Stand the same way as all the other coolers that I have tested, which are listed below. While the U Stand has movable fans, I placed them in the middle of the cooler since there isn't a lot of room to move them around anyways. I also set the cooler on it's first elevation level, since that is similar to how it would have to be used with a MacBook Pro in normal use. I then let my laptop run in an idle state, running a temperature monitoring application (iStat Pro). This allowed me to get both my CPU and GPU temperatures. I then repeated the test with the cooler and with the laptop straight on my desk. To get load temperatures, I chose to run Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, which stresses the hardware of my Macbook Pro, causing them to generate heat. Again, this was repeated on the cooler and on the desk. While the results I got are specific to this laptop, similar results should be found with most other laptops.